Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Northeast Harbor, ME.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when someone is withdrawing from substance use because there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification facility in Northeast Harbor clients can be closely watched for withdrawal symptoms which could cause health complications or even death in more severe instances. Someone suffering with alcoholism for instance would need to be observed closely and likely given certain prescription medications which would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can bring about very similar withdrawal symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in the inpatient detoxification facility would minimize health risks.

There is not an exact process for each client in detox, because of the unique health differences that each patient exhibits when entering detox. A person who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may undergo detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much intervention, while a different person may need to have intensive treatment and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Medical safety is of the highest concern, and also a transition to treatment for individuals who need to go to an actual drug and alcohol rehabilitation center once detoxification is complete. Most detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, since detox is only the first step in a much more comprehensive rehabilitation plan for people in recovery.

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